The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1958
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.20° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.12° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.